Holder for store window decorations



Nov. 3, 1931. D. A. WASHBURN 4 HOLDER son sTonE wINnow macormxons Filed Sept. 17. 1930 FIG-1, Fl (3-2.

INVENTOR UNITED STATE Patented Nov. I 3, 1931 H DAVID AL N WASHBURN, or New; HAVEN, CONNECTICUT noLnEn. FOR STORE wmnown coRArIoNs Application filed September 17, 1936. Serial No. 482,580.

The invention relates to a holder for store 7 window decorations and is especally useful in holding any kind of paper or cloth used for decorating purposes. The invention clamps paper in a flat position or holds it draped at difierentangles by pleating and hooking the low-er ends to a clamp. The invention is 1 simple inc'onstruction, inexpensive to manufacture and consists of a round rod fastened to a floor, and so designed that paper may be I heldagainst the rod byplacing the flat surface of the paper over the rod and placing a clamping device overxthe paper and rod.

This clamp is designed so that an'upward ex'tensionis easily grasped by the hand'and the clamp is removed by, pulling the clamp upward and 0E the rod, therebyreleasing anyv paper which has been clamped agalnst the rod. r

The invention consists of thenovel arrangpment of having the clamping device one .piece of metal and bent so that it will fit over the rod whichis fastened tothefioon, By bending one of the clamping sides upward and turning back the sharp upper end, a suitable handle is formed'for the clasp. .By

,placing holes along the lower surface of the handle at spaced intervals for selectively ini serting. a hook to which the lower part of a draped store decoration has been attached, the bottom of the store decoration, whether 7 i I made from paper or other material, may be I detail.

Fig. lis a perspective view of Fig.1. p In the preferred form of the invention as I illustrated by the drawings,"atspaced intervals along'the length of a round rod 6 a small section 10 is filed oil? and a hole bored through Q this filed e section of the rod through which a'sc'rew 11 is inserted for holding the rod 6 I to the floor, as shown in Figure 3. The screw through each filed ofl' section 10 will not interthe 6 over which it fits.

againstthe rod. 6 the U, shaped clamp has fere in any waywith the clamp 3 which fastens over the. rod 6 by means of friction because the screw head will not extend above or beyond the filed off section 10 due to the shape of the upper part of the screw hole corresponding in size to the head of the screw.

This arrangement allows paper to be clamped against the rod'6 by means of theiclamp 3 so ENT FF 57 that each screw 11 which holds" the rod 6 to the floor will not in any way tear or injure the paper so held. "The bottom part of the clampBis bent in the shape of'a U which corresponds in size along its entire length to suificientflexibilityto fit over the rod 6 and is'held by friction until removed. Abovethe upperside of the clamp 3 and under the handle :12. there are a plurality of holes 2 at equal intervals and in correspondmg positions in reference to handle 1 2. When one hook attached to a window decoration, as shown llliFlgllIe is also inserted through a selected hole 2, the lower partof a window decoration'is heldin any desired position or angle); The clamp may be placed'on the rod or. removed at will without any injury to cloth or paper, or any other material which is'held in any the U 'shaped clamp 3 .The'clamp 3 is made from a single piece of flat material which has a certain amount of flexibility, and has its lower section rounded tocorrespond more or less insize to the-rod 6. By exerting force on the upper side ofthe clamp the lowerrounded side will fit. over the rod 6 and be held by friction. One side of the U shaped clamp 3 is'bent up so .as to forma convenient handle 12 by having its upper part, as shown in Figure 1, bent around so as to avoid sharp edges. Just below the upper rounded part 12 of the clamp but above the U shaped section 3 of clamping device, a series of holes are inserted at spaced intervals along the entire length of a section 7 shown in Figure 4. This-design allows the whole clamping section to be made from a single piece of sheet metal.

My invention for holding crepe paper used in decorating store windows makes it posposition against the r od 6 by When pushed f rz gr sible to hold either or both ends of paper in e v a flat position against the rod 6 by inserting the clamp 3 over the rod, or the same device can hold one end of paper in a position which I 5 is notflat, This is accomplishedby draws 'ing .the bottom ends of the paper I together by meansof inserting shook-8, shown. in Fig.

1 through the bottom of the paper and insert ing the other end o fjthe hook 8 through anyonevof the holes 2 shown in Fig. 4 thereby positioning the store ldecorationsifatianydesired qangle according to any selected hole 2 into a Qwhich the other end of h ook 8 is inserted I do not limit myself to using my invena tion in connection with storewindowsr or for V .whatir claim:

only paper "decorations -aslit maybe :used' for holding curtains or othermaterial any ay consistent with the claims.

1' 2 1., A holder for storeidecorations consist-t ingof a. ela-mp-made'from one pieceofflat rnetah bent so that its lower end is .U shaped and relea'sably held over a roundrod attached j to a smoothfsurface', one sideof saidtlower end'risl bent sup to'formlahandle and curtain hooks releasably attached through a selectivelyjlocated holerthrough said bent piece 'ofrnetal. j 1 J r 2.: A clampi'for Window;decorations,;con-

' sisting ;of'a .clamping devicezwhich is helda V i V by friction to a. rod =a-ttaohed .to the floor; by I means screws .passingthroughcut out-J1 sections of the saidrod said clamphaving. a handle. under which tholesare spaced atequal.

it: i 7- intervals 'sa'idl holeshaving a hook through each of them, vsaid lhooks selectively attaehede to. avfdec'oration r r 'A istorefyvindow"deportationholder con-Z SlStlIlgbf a round rodhavlng jon'eor more sec-1',

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a any hook f 'Vture '7 DAVID ALAN WASH BUBN; 

